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INVENTORIES
3 Months Ended
Jan. 30, 2022
INVENTORIES  
INVENTORIES

(11)  Inventories

Most inventories owned by Deere & Company and its U.S. equipment subsidiaries are valued at cost on the “last-in, first-out” (LIFO) basis. If all of the Company’s inventories had been valued on a “first-in, first-out” (FIFO) basis, estimated inventories by major classification in millions of dollars would have been as follows:

    

January 30

    

October 31

    

January 31

 

2022

2021

2021

 

Raw materials and supplies

 

$

4,034

$

3,524

$

2,303

Work-in-process

1,460

 

994

 

839

Finished goods and parts

4,790

 

4,373

 

4,485

Total FIFO value

10,284

 

8,891

 

7,627

Less adjustment to LIFO value

2,349

 

2,110

 

1,671

Inventories

 

$

7,935

$

6,781

$

5,956